Rigveda 2.6
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 2.6
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- Sanskrit
2.6.1
i̱mām me̍ agne sa̱midha̍m i̱mām u̍pa̱sada̍ṁ vaneḥ |
i̱mā u̱ ṣu śru̍dhī̱ gira̍ḥ ||
AGNI, accept this flaming brand, this waiting with my prayer on thee: Hear graciously these songs of praise.
2.6.2
a̱yā te̍ agne vidhe̱morjo̍ napā̱d aśva̍miṣṭe |
e̱nā sū̱ktena̍ sujāta ||
With this hymn let us honour thee, seeker of horses, Son of Strength, With this fair hymn, thou nobly born.
2.6.3
taṁ tvā̍ gī̱rbhir girva̍ṇasaṁ draviṇa̱syuṁ dra̍viṇodaḥ |
sa̱pa̱ryema̍ sapa̱ryava̍ḥ ||
As such, lover of song, with songs, wealth-lover, giver of our wealth! With reverence let us worship thee.
2.6.4
sa bo̍dhi sū̱rir ma̱ghavā̱ vasu̍pate̱ vasu̍dāvan |
yu̱yo̱dhy a1̱̍smad dveṣā̍ṁsi ||
Be thou for us a liberal Prince, giver and Lord of precious things. Drive those who hate us far away.
2.6.5
sa no̍ vṛ̱ṣṭiṁ di̱vas pari̱ sa no̱ vāja̍m ana̱rvāṇa̍m |
sa na̍ḥ saha̱sriṇī̱r iṣa̍ḥ ||
Such as thou art, give rain from heaven, give strength which no man may resist: Give food exceeding plentiful.
2.6.6
īḻā̍nāyāva̱syave̱ yavi̍ṣṭha dūta no gi̱rā |
yaji̍ṣṭha hota̱r ā ga̍hi ||
To him who lauds thee, craving help, most youthful envoy! through our song, Most holy Herald! come thou nigh.
2.6.7
a̱ntar hy a̍gna̱ īya̍se vi̱dvāñ janmo̱bhayā̍ kave |
dū̱to janye̍va̱ mitrya̍ḥ ||
Between both races, Agni, Sage, well skilled thou passest to and fro, As envoy friendly to mankind.
2.6.8
sa vi̱dvām̐ ā ca̍ piprayo̱ yakṣi̍ cikitva ānu̱ṣak |
ā cā̱smin sa̍tsi ba̱rhiṣi̍ ||
Befriend us thou as knowing all. Sage, duly worship thou the Gods, And seat thee on this sacred grass.
Translations (7)
- The Hymns of the Rigveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- Ригведа — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
- Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions) — Louis Renou 1955, French
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- Vedic Hymns, Part II: Hymns to Agni (Maṇḍalas I–V) (SBE 46) — Hermann Oldenberg 1897, English
Commentaries (10)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
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- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
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- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Vedārthayatna — Śaṅkarapāṇḍuraṅga Paṇḍita, Sanskrit
- Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German